Keep separate from learner copies. This is a local formative guide, not the QCAA ISMG, not an IA1 instrument and not a prescribed-text interpretation. Record the learner's exact words, the source text supplied, support and mode. Discuss cultural or local context with the learner; do not infer personal identity from a response.
Daily keyed observations
| Day | Evidence to look for | If absent, teach next |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Night Desk asks the board to trial two later evenings weekly for six weeks. “Open to everyone”/“door shuts” makes access a public responsibility. | Distinguish a text's topic from its proposed action and audience. |
| 2 | The apprentice, parent and student are illustrative possibilities, not interviewed data. Text A explicitly says the six-week trial cannot prove every opening is worthwhile. | Sort example, measured result and proposal on three cards. |
| 3 | B accepts the closed-door problem and supports a conditional trial; bus timing, paid staffing and asking users shape those conditions. | Highlight B's “right”, “But” and “if” before comparing. |
| 4 | A emphasises no-cost quiet space; B makes the journey home and labour visible. A decision question could ask whether an accessible return journey exists at proposed hours. | Turn alleged facts into answerable inquiries. |
| 5 | A comparison needs an idea, evidence from both texts, effect and a limit. See rubric and sample below. | Choose the first missing move, then let the learner revise one sentence. |
| 6 | “Could” signals a possible learning outcome, while “will prove” asserts certainty unsupported by a short pilot. “Might” and “if” likewise condition claims. | Try a modality ladder with the same proposition. |
| 7 | A public opening addresses the board, states a position and condition. It does not invent a demand figure. | Ask “who can act on your request?” then rewrite the first line. |
| 8 | B's worry concerns unpaid labour/transport, not volunteers' dislike of helping. A also asks for paid staffing. | Have a peer locate the paraphrase in the original text. |
| 9 | A defensible recommendation joins A's access rationale with B's conditions and a measure to collect. | Use the two-column map and write one connective sentence before a paragraph. |
| 10 | Text C's 8/10 arithmetic is correct, but the ten were selected among people already leaving at 4:45 on one day; this cannot represent all residents or establish usable later hours. | See Check 2 sample and next moves. |
Four formative dimensions
Use ready / developing / revisit within each dimension; no QCAA grade or cut score is implied. “Ready” means the learner demonstrates the dimension independently in this short task. “Developing” means partially demonstrated. “Revisit” means the response gives no usable evidence yet, which may reflect access or task clarity rather than ability.
| Dimension | Ready evidence | Next teaching move when developing/revisit |
|---|---|---|
| Text positions and connection | States both positions accurately, including B's qualified support; links a shared concern to a genuine difference. | Locate each text's recommendation, then join with “both… however…”. |
| Selected wording and effect | Selects exact, short phrases and explains how one language/form choice positions a named audience. | Ask who encounters the open letter or printed pack, then test two plausible effects. |
| Evidence and inference | Recognises illustrative cases or a small convenience sample; marks what cannot be concluded. | Sort reported count, illustration, prediction and unknown. |
| Coherent public explanation | Makes a readable/understandable line of reasoning with a clear connective and respectful tone. | Give a three-sentence scaffold; record mode and support used. |
Check 1 possible response, not a required wording: “Night Desk's open letter urges the library board to trial two later evenings and imagines the 'apprentice finishing a shift' to make access concrete. Mara's printed reply agrees that the 'five o'clock door' excludes some users, but warns that a later room may outlast the last bus. The first voice asks the public to picture who could enter; the second asks the board to count who can return home. Their disagreement concerns how to design a trial, not whether access matters. The board still needs to ask which proposed hours users can reach and leave safely.” A learner may validly challenge this reading with textual evidence.
Check 2 possible response: “The campaign's bold '80%' invites readers to treat a quick poll as a mandate. Eight of the ten people leaving at 4:45 ticked yes, so the fraction is correct. Yet those ten were not chosen from all residents, and the question does not establish that anyone would use an eight o'clock room. The instruction 'do not wait' compresses uncertainty into urgency. Text B asks the board to count 'who can get home', a question the post cannot answer. A six-week pilot could gather better information, but this post alone cannot show which hours work.”
Check 2 arithmetic: 8 ÷ 10 = 0.8 = 80%. The denominator is 10 surveyed people, not all local residents. “Eight o'clock” is only an image in the post; the question asked about at least one later session, with no specified hour. Challenge a response that says the sample proves the campaign wrong: it shows a limit in generalisation, not the true population preference.
Sampling boundary: This unit introduces rhetorical interpretation. A school may teach formal sampling elsewhere; do not claim the English check certifies a mathematics outcome. For an English analysis, a learner can accurately explain the sample limit in everyday language.
Access notes: Accept typed, handwritten, spoken, AAC, private recording or supported dictation where interpretation is the target. Record read-aloud, language scaffolds, transcription and prompting. In a reading construct, these supports affect what the evidence shows; they do not invalidate the learner's analytical ideas. Use the school's reasonable-adjustment process for formal assessment.
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